Thanks for doing a video on the actual spirit of the house, not house spirits. My house definitely reached out to me and made sure I was able to purchase it. There's a good story there.
In my personal experience in the house I am living in for five years now, home improvements have been well received and made the energy of home more calm and happy. The previous owners neglected the house and let their two little boys destroy the walls, banisters, appliances, literally everything. I think my house is grateful and so happy because we are slowly fixing and treating it like a “home”. If that makes sense at all.
I love the suggestions in this video! The place I live is a historic guest ranch built in the 1930's. It is completely made of local stone with some stucco on some of the walls. The first couple of nights after I moved in, the house spirit introduced itself by opening the bedroom door so it banged against the wall. After I formally said hello, this stopped. There is one stone shaped like a heart in the entryway. Touching this stone is my way of saying hello.
Loved this video! My partner and I have lived in this home for 24 years now and there isn’t a space we haven’t touched. We did a renovation/addition process in 2015. One thing that was a major focus during that time was adding red oak doors and floors to every room. I love my home and feel completely safe inside it. 😊 There are two spaces that need cleaning right now. One is the entire West wing flat and the other is our closet. I feel like I’m forever purging my closet 😂 I love seasonal scents and regularly burn candles and incense. I have created a seasonal altar in the heart of my home … It needs changing out … It’s still on Samhain 😂 I’ll clean it out tomorrow … Hold me to that!!! Thank you again for your wonderful videos and service to the witchy community! ❤❤❤
Sigh* this was so relaxing to listen to. I was revamping my altars while listening and closing my eyes thinking of my relationship w my home. I have so many ideas and just stopping to think about our home makes the bond so sweet. Thank you for this video ivy. It's a top special one for me 🙏💜
I have been feeling odd about my current home spirit, and these ideas have been awesome in helping me get a practice together to have a better relationship with it. Thank you so much! 💚
It’s important to keep the positive energy flowing in the home ❤️ That includes keeping out Toxic people, like the ones who want to burn us (conservative m a g a s) Hope you maintain a beautiful energy 💖
Me too. I've been upset with my house calling it dingy etc. Oh boy. My house spirit was so upset. I've been thanking it now for providing me shelter regardless. I will do better .🙏
Thank you so much for doing a video on this topic! The house spirit and I have been listening and nodding all along. I moved in almost 20 years ago and lots of fun memories came up about the time when I started working with this old house spirit. It had not been recognised in a long time and didn't vibe with the owners before, it was withdrawn and a little grumpy at first lol. I'm just glad that my practice is in the hedge niche of the craft and it's not difficult for me to sense the likes and dislikes of the spirits that I'm sharing an ecosystem with. No vacuuming after it gets dark and absolutely no sage on the property (not even in cough drops or as potted plants lol) were funny pet peeves to learn about.
Hi Ivy, I want to tell you how refreshed and vibrant you look in this particular video 🍄🦋🐛.. Thank you for all your enchanted encouraging videos 📹 😊 😍,Starfaery!!!
It seems like every time I’m thinking about any particular subject. You read my mind and come out with the exact video on that certain topic😂 I’ve been trying so hard to figure out the best way to work with my house spirit and just didn’t know where to start. Thank you so much for all you do the hard work and putting out these videos. I’ve learned so much from you, I’m truly grateful❤❤❤
You've given me much food for thought (as always!) I've rallied against my house for 7 years because it's not where I want to be. Perhaps befriending the spirit of the house might serve me better than hating it. Now for a name... PS I hope you had a lovely Samhain holiday 🫶
For some reason certain scenes from this Animated movie called ‘Howls Moving Castle’ kept popping into my head whilst you were explaining certain techniques. Great video! Thank you for sharing your techniques with us.
im blown away by so many ideas , thank you , i feel that when my daughter and i connect with our house spirit we may have some ease with the entities in the house , thank you so much Ivy. this was what we needed
Speaking of sents, i too love my home smelling good, and the fall and winter sent is my go too year round, it plays a part in my magical practice as well, when my home doesn't have that smell im getting this not so good feeling and i know its time to bring that smell in, same with the energy i know when its time to do sum energy work
Thank you for this video. I work very strongly with the spirit of my house, usually without even thinking of it, and this video is bringing up many memories and experiences we’ve shared that I’d forgotten about. You’ve inspired me to start blogging about my magical experiences.
A lot of what you describe is practiced traditionally here in Japan! Most homes (very, very rarely, apartments, too) have a _kamidama_ , a mini Shinto shrine that is kept inside the home. One is meant to keep a sacred wooden tablet from the sun goddess' shrine (Ise Shrine), a local shrine tied to the land, and a shrine of a personal choice, and it's often believed that house god(s) live there as well. The standard offerings are salt, water, rice, and purified sake, and a particular local evergreen. Traditionally, these offerings are replenished once every day, placed in the morning (the gods eat before we do) and taken down in the evening. Rather than being tossed, these are consumed, and it's believed the gods leave their energy behind for us to partake. I don't think anyone here would think of their "relationship" to the gods the way we do in the West. There's less sense of there being (or if there is, any need to understand) personality traits (until you get up to the greater Shinto and Buddhist pantheon, where they have their own drama), nor to necessarily name them (though I have named mine, but it's more simply a playful way to reference my house number). But there is certainly a feeling that we make offerings in both obligation and gratitude, and that they protect our lives.
I know what you're saying, the house looks different the house feels different when you have that right smell that particular scent going 🙂 divide changes the energy changes and it just feels cozy like it should
I am so happy I stumbled across this video. I moved into a new construction and I am the first person to have ever lived in this home. I love it here but I keep hearing things and I am not sure what it is, but I keep thinking it’s the house? Is a house spirit possible for a new home?
New houses do this! My friend moved into a new home and the same thing happened, we ended up saying the house was growing up lol. I bet if you follow Ivy's advice you'll have a great relationship with your new home!
@ that’s exactly what it feels like! Like it’s growing. It’s so hard to explain without sounding crazy, but there’s knocking, and murmurs but I’m not scared at all. I’ve had scary experiences but this doesn’t feel like that.
A house spirit has nothing to do with the age of the home. It is the spirit OF THE HOME not spirits WITHIN YOUR HOME. There are both types of spirits in all homes new and old. But a new house is still a house, so it has a spirit.
1:39 my house is brand new. My husband and I built it over the last 3 yrs. Do you think I'll have a house spirit here? I've never worked with a house spirit. But I have my house brownie 😅 The doorway charms yes! I want to do that. ❤ I love that you gave so much information and things to try. I always enjoy your videos. I watched their videos ❤
Are those sunflowers 🌻 real flowers in a pot inside?!?!? If YES please tel me your secret! From seedlings 🌱 or are they fake? I tried growing them outside and they always get mowed down before they can grow because I can’t put them in a bed outdoors so I tried the sunny fence line and the sunny property line, but neighbors mowed them down and landlord made me cut back the “grass” by the fence before I could tell which were the flowers.
Hunh... My house likes Atlas Cedar oil... More than i do myself. Interesting It's like, it helps with old grief. I put small drops in a candle. I can just feel the house likes it a lot.
This genuinely makes me wonder if there is overlap with my house spirit and Vesta, my patron deity. In a way I feel like she came into this house with me (I found this house in the nose lucky way when I was at risk of homelessness) and I swear, it's the first place where my spouse and I have never ever had an argument in almost two years. Yes because we are doing great work on ourselves but also... First time in ten years. Ps: I'm definitely the person who has done the banishing with pots and wooden spoon banging 😅
I know what you're saying, the house looks different the house feels different when you have that right smell that particular scent going 🙂 divide changes the energy changes and it just feels cozy like it should
Thanks for doing a video on the actual spirit of the house, not house spirits. My house definitely reached out to me and made sure I was able to purchase it. There's a good story there.
Ever since you started working with angels, I have noticed an angelic energy in your aura. Just wanted to let you know that! ❤
Omg that is so sweet to say!! 😭 Thank you ♥️
Thanks so much Ivy for collaborating with me! I am so inspired to try some new ways to connect with my house spirit ✨
Thanks for collabing with ME! ♥️
In my personal experience in the house I am living in for five years now, home improvements have been well received and made the energy of home more calm and happy. The previous owners neglected the house and let their two little boys destroy the walls, banisters, appliances, literally everything. I think my house is grateful and so happy because we are slowly fixing and treating it like a “home”. If that makes sense at all.
Thank you for continuing to challenge my views and how i perceive spirit. This has been so explorative and insightful!
I LOVED hearing your reflections!
This is a very new topic for me. House spirits, seems like a very fascinating topic. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! 🤘🍎🐍
I love the suggestions in this video! The place I live is a historic guest ranch built in the 1930's. It is completely made of local stone with some stucco on some of the walls. The first couple of nights after I moved in, the house spirit introduced itself by opening the bedroom door so it banged against the wall. After I formally said hello, this stopped. There is one stone shaped like a heart in the entryway. Touching this stone is my way of saying hello.
Loved this video! My partner and I have lived in this home for 24 years now and there isn’t a space we haven’t touched. We did a renovation/addition process in 2015. One thing that was a major focus during that time was adding red oak doors and floors to every room. I love my home and feel completely safe inside it. 😊 There are two spaces that need cleaning right now. One is the entire West wing flat and the other is our closet. I feel like I’m forever purging my closet 😂 I love seasonal scents and regularly burn candles and incense. I have created a seasonal altar in the heart of my home … It needs changing out … It’s still on Samhain 😂 I’ll clean it out tomorrow … Hold me to that!!! Thank you again for your wonderful videos and service to the witchy community! ❤❤❤
Sigh* this was so relaxing to listen to. I was revamping my altars while listening and closing my eyes thinking of my relationship w my home. I have so many ideas and just stopping to think about our home makes the bond so sweet. Thank you for this video ivy. It's a top special one for me 🙏💜
Ah, I'm so glad it was relaxing to listen to! ♥️
I have been feeling odd about my current home spirit, and these ideas have been awesome in helping me get a practice together to have a better relationship with it. Thank you so much! 💚
It’s important to keep the positive energy flowing in the home ❤️ That includes keeping out
Toxic people, like the ones who want to burn us (conservative m a g a s)
Hope you maintain a beautiful energy 💖
Me too. I've been upset with my house calling it dingy etc. Oh boy. My house spirit was so upset. I've been thanking it now for providing me shelter regardless. I will do better .🙏
Makes my chaos magick brain wonder about a car spirit…. Hmmmmm
Thank you so much for doing a video on this topic! The house spirit and I have been listening and nodding all along. I moved in almost 20 years ago and lots of fun memories came up about the time when I started working with this old house spirit. It had not been recognised in a long time and didn't vibe with the owners before, it was withdrawn and a little grumpy at first lol. I'm just glad that my practice is in the hedge niche of the craft and it's not difficult for me to sense the likes and dislikes of the spirits that I'm sharing an ecosystem with. No vacuuming after it gets dark and absolutely no sage on the property (not even in cough drops or as potted plants lol) were funny pet peeves to learn about.
We call Witches Burs Sweet Gum Balls in the Midwest 🥰 I have a deep love for them and many good memories ✨😌Thank you for bringing them up. 💗
Hi Ivy, I want to tell you how refreshed and vibrant you look in this particular video 🍄🦋🐛.. Thank you for all your enchanted encouraging videos 📹 😊
😍,Starfaery!!!
It seems like every time I’m thinking about any particular subject. You read my mind and come out with the exact video on that certain topic😂
I’ve been trying so hard to figure out the best way to work with my house spirit and just didn’t know where to start. Thank you so much for all you do the hard work and putting out these videos. I’ve learned so much from you, I’m truly grateful❤❤❤
ROSEMARY 😍 this was the 1st year I grew some outdoors and it grows like a weed in new england. Smells SO good fresh
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this content and collaboration ❤❤❤
You are so knowledgeable. Thank you for all of this wonderful information. I'm subscribing.
You've given me much food for thought (as always!) I've rallied against my house for 7 years because it's not where I want to be. Perhaps befriending the spirit of the house might serve me better than hating it. Now for a name...
PS I hope you had a lovely Samhain holiday 🫶
For some reason certain scenes from this Animated movie called ‘Howls Moving Castle’ kept popping into my head whilst you were explaining certain techniques.
Great video! Thank you for sharing your techniques with us.
im blown away by so many ideas , thank you , i feel that when my daughter and i connect with our house spirit we may have some ease with the entities in the house , thank you so much Ivy. this was what we needed
Yay I hope your house work continues to go well!! ♥️
I had to laugh, YEET that energy outta here! 😂 conjures up such a funny image! But so true! Get that isht gone!
Lol, right!
Gotta keep those toxic energies out!
No one who wants to destroy magical women (and men) AKA m a g a
thanks Ivy, great video!
Speaking of sents, i too love my home smelling good, and the fall and winter sent is my go too year round, it plays a part in my magical practice as well, when my home doesn't have that smell im getting this not so good feeling and i know its time to bring that smell in, same with the energy i know when its time to do sum energy work
Thank i needed this video today!
Thank you for this video. I work very strongly with the spirit of my house, usually without even thinking of it, and this video is bringing up many memories and experiences we’ve shared that I’d forgotten about.
You’ve inspired me to start blogging about my magical experiences.
AMAZING video! Can't wait to use some of these to help my relationship with my house spirit
A lot of what you describe is practiced traditionally here in Japan! Most homes (very, very rarely, apartments, too) have a _kamidama_ , a mini Shinto shrine that is kept inside the home. One is meant to keep a sacred wooden tablet from the sun goddess' shrine (Ise Shrine), a local shrine tied to the land, and a shrine of a personal choice, and it's often believed that house god(s) live there as well. The standard offerings are salt, water, rice, and purified sake, and a particular local evergreen. Traditionally, these offerings are replenished once every day, placed in the morning (the gods eat before we do) and taken down in the evening. Rather than being tossed, these are consumed, and it's believed the gods leave their energy behind for us to partake.
I don't think anyone here would think of their "relationship" to the gods the way we do in the West. There's less sense of there being (or if there is, any need to understand) personality traits (until you get up to the greater Shinto and Buddhist pantheon, where they have their own drama), nor to necessarily name them (though I have named mine, but it's more simply a playful way to reference my house number). But there is certainly a feeling that we make offerings in both obligation and gratitude, and that they protect our lives.
This was fascinating to read; thank you so much for sharing! 🙏
Thanks Ivy you are always a great source of information with the personal experience to back up that information.🤔
I know what you're saying, the house looks different the house feels different when you have that right smell that particular scent going 🙂 divide changes the energy changes and it just feels cozy like it should
Witches burrs = sweet gum balls
I called them sticker burrs as a child and was OBSESSED with them lol
I am so happy I stumbled across this video. I moved into a new construction and I am the first person to have ever lived in this home. I love it here but I keep hearing things and I am not sure what it is, but I keep thinking it’s the house? Is a house spirit possible for a new home?
New houses do this! My friend moved into a new home and the same thing happened, we ended up saying the house was growing up lol. I bet if you follow Ivy's advice you'll have a great relationship with your new home!
@ that’s exactly what it feels like! Like it’s growing. It’s so hard to explain without sounding crazy, but there’s knocking, and murmurs but I’m not scared at all. I’ve had scary experiences but this doesn’t feel like that.
A house spirit has nothing to do with the age of the home. It is the spirit OF THE HOME not spirits WITHIN YOUR HOME. There are both types of spirits in all homes new and old. But a new house is still a house, so it has a spirit.
we call witches burs “goblin balls” or “itchy balls” here in new york 😂
I still really like you. Thanks.
1:39 my house is brand new. My husband and I built it over the last 3 yrs. Do you think I'll have a house spirit here?
I've never worked with a house spirit. But I have my house brownie 😅
The doorway charms yes! I want to do that. ❤
I love that you gave so much information and things to try. I always enjoy your videos. I watched their videos ❤
Ivy I don't know if you have a video on this or not, but would you do a video on transmutation???
Are those sunflowers 🌻 real flowers in a pot inside?!?!? If YES please tel me your secret! From seedlings 🌱 or are they fake? I tried growing them outside and they always get mowed down before they can grow because I can’t put them in a bed outdoors so I tried the sunny fence line and the sunny property line, but neighbors mowed them down and landlord made me cut back the “grass” by the fence before I could tell which were the flowers.
What's the difference between a House Spirit and a Genus Loci?
🎉❤🎉
Hunh... My house likes Atlas Cedar oil... More than i do myself. Interesting
It's like, it helps with old grief. I put small drops in a candle. I can just feel the house likes it a lot.
This genuinely makes me wonder if there is overlap with my house spirit and Vesta, my patron deity. In a way I feel like she came into this house with me (I found this house in the nose lucky way when I was at risk of homelessness) and I swear, it's the first place where my spouse and I have never ever had an argument in almost two years. Yes because we are doing great work on ourselves but also... First time in ten years.
Ps: I'm definitely the person who has done the banishing with pots and wooden spoon banging 😅
I know what you're saying, the house looks different the house feels different when you have that right smell that particular scent going 🙂 divide changes the energy changes and it just feels cozy like it should